Machine for sewing hooks and eyes on cards.



PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905.

A. RAINERT. MACHINE FOR SEWING HOOKS AND EYES 0N CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1904.

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PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905.

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MACHINE FOR SEWING HOOKS AND EYES ON CARDS.

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ALEXANDER RAINERT, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE STAR PINCOMPANY, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR SEWING HOOKS AND EYES ON CARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application fil d November 25, 1904. Serial No. 234,213.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER RAINERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Orange, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Machine for Securing Hooks and Eyes on Cards,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for securing hooks and eyes to thecards u pon which the hooks and eyes are marketed, and has particularreference to that type of such machines in which the hooks and eyes areengaged with each other and then secured to the cards.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine of this characterwhich shall be as simple and as automatic as possible in operation andreliable in all its parts and which will secure the hooks and eyesinterengaged in groups containing a predetermined number of the hooksand eyes, means being provided whereby the feed or supply of the hooksand eyes will be automatically stopped when such predetermined numbercomprising the group, such as a dozen in each row, have been secured tothe card.

To these ends the invention consists in the construction and combinationof parts substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a completemachine constructed according to my invention, said figure omitting,however, for the sake of cl arness, several minor details of themachine. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3represents an enlarged detail of parts of the mechanism locatedcentrally in Fig. 1 and below the sewing-machine arm. Fig. 4 is a detailview of a portion of the guide-strip for the eyes. Fig. 5 represents asection on line 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 representsa section on line 6 .6 ofFig. 4. Fig. 7 represents an enlarged detail plan of the card-magazineand feed mechanism. Fig. 8 represents a section on line 8 8 of Fig. 7.Fig. 9 is a detail view of the yielding card retaining buttons. Fig. 10represents a section on line 10 10 of Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a view similarto Fig. 8, but showing the swinging suction-feed arm or card-picker inelevation and in a different position from that shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 12

represents a section on line 12 12 of Fig. 8

or a view from the right of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a detail plan, partlybroken away, of the hook-hopper. Fig. 14 represents across-section atone side of the center of Fig. 13. Fig. 14 is a detail section on line14 14 of Fig. 14. Figs. 15 and 16 are detail plan and perspective views,respectively, of a portion of one of the wings in the hook-hopper. Fig.17 represents a section on line 17 17 of Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 18 is aplan view of some of the parts shown in Fig. 17. Fig. 19 is a section online 19 19 of Fig. 3. Fig. 20 is a detail view of a portion of thefeed-worm and chute leading from the hook-hopper. Fig. 21 represents asection on line 21 21 of Fig. 20. Fig. 22 represents a section on line22 22 of Fig. 20. Fig. 23 is a detail longitudinal section of thehook-hopper on a line such as 23 23 in Figs. 24 and 25. Fig. 24represents a section on line 24 24 of Fig. 23. Fig. 25 represents asection on line 25 25 of Fig. 23. Fig. 26 is a detail, on a larger scalethan Fig. 23, representing a section through one of the pinions whichrotates the eye-feed spiral. Fig. 27 is a detail view of some of themechanism for advancing the hooks to engage the eyes and to then advancethe engaged hooks and eyes to position under the needles. Fig. 28 is adetail side elevation and part section on line 28 28 of Fig. 17 andillustrating the mechanism shown in Fig. 27 for delivering the eyes tobe engaged by the hooks, said figure also indicating the position orpath of movement of the needles relatively to the hook-and-eye deliverydevices. Figs. 29 and 30 are views similar to Fig. 28, but showing theparts in dilferent positions. Fig. 31 is a detail side elevation of thepresser-foot and means carried thereby for insuring the accu-- ratelocation of the hooks and eyes when attached to the card by thesewing-machine needles. Fig. 32 is a view looking from the right of Fig.31. Fig. 33 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 31. Figs. 34, 35,36, and 37 are detail views, hereinafter referred to, of some of theparts shown in Figs. 31 and 33.

Similar reference characters indicate the same or similar partsthroughout the several views.

To facilitate an understanding of the following description of thedetails of the different parts of the mechanism, 1 will premise magazineprovided therefor, as shown at the right of Fig. 2. A picker device 73separates the cards one by one from the end of the magazine, and saidcards are then carried between the presser-foot and the feeddog of afour-needle sewing-machine. At the same time hooks are taken from thehopper 103 and fed by means of a worm-screw 121, and the eyes are fedfrom the hoppers 161 along two guide-strips 164 and between suitablefeed-rolls to devices which cause the bills of the hooks to engage theeyes and carry them to position on the cards in two rows, where thethread-eyes of the hooks and eyes will be engaged by the sewing-threadcarried by the needles 45, so as to secure the interengaged hooks andeyes in two rows, Fig. 18 showing portions of such two rows. andalthough the sewing-machine and the card-feed devices are adapted tooperate continuously the devices which engage the bills of the hookswith the eyes and shift them under the path of the needles may beautomatically checked in their operation, so that lines of stitchesalone will be formed at the ends of the rows of attached hooks and eyes.

The bed or table 40 of the machine is supported upon suitable legs andmay be made entirely of metal or partly of metal and partly of wood. 1Of course the portions of the table which carry the parts of thesewing-machine I will be of metal.

41 represents an arm of an ordinary type of sewing-machine having a head42 and a driving-pulley 43 and a hand-wheel 44.

It is to be understood that the mechanism of the sewing-machine may beof any wellknown type, and therefore in the accompanying drawings 1 donot attempt to disclose the sewing'mechanism other than the needles andthe feed dog. Inasmuch as the invention herein illustrated is designedto simultaneously secure to the cards two rows of interengaged hooksandeyes, the sewing-machine has four needles and will of course have thenecessary parts to coact therewith to form four rows of stitches. Inseveral of the figures I have represented the needles conventionally at45.

Referring first to the card-feed mechanism, illustrated particularly inFigs. 1, 2. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, it will be seen that the cards 46are stacked edgewiseaiid preferably inclined in a hopper or magazine.The bottom 47 of the magazine is slotted to permit the movement of thefollower longitudinally thereof and has side flanges 48. 49 representsahorizontal portion of the bracket which supports the bottom 47 and isprovided with laterally-extending ears 50 and with a vertical portion51,having vertical slots 52. Screws 53 pass through the slots 52 intothe bracket 54, depending from the bed or table 40. A

brace 55 serves to support the outer end of the magazine. The upperportions of the sides of the card-magazine are formed by strips 56,connected by pivoted links 57 with angle-brackets 58, which are securedto the ears 50. Curved slots 59 (see Figs. 2, 7, and 8) are formed inthe brackets 58, and screws 60 pass through said slots into the links57. By means ofsaid curved slots and screws the angle or inclination ofthe cards may be varied owing to the retainer-buttons presentlydescribed and which are carried by the front links. The follower for thecards is represented at 61 and is mounted to slide between the bevelededges of the bottom 47. (See Fig. 12.) Pivoted to the follower 61 is afingerpiece 62, having its lower end formed as a toe to engage thefeed-screw, presently described, in sucha manner that the toe of thisfingerpiece will act as a portion of a nut to cause the follower to bemoved along its ways by .the rotation of the feed-screw. Lugs 63 63 atthe top of the follower 61 rigidly support a horizontal pin, on which ismounted an adjustable portion 64 of the follower. This adjustableportion may bear by gravity against the rearmost card of the pack, asindicated in Fig. 8; but it may be set and frictionally held on the pinwhich connects the lugs 63, so that it will bear rigidly against therearmost card. The feed-screw 65 is suitably mounted in the bracketbelow the plane of the bottom of the magazine and at one side of theslot thereof.

1 Secured to one end of said feed-screw is a ratchet 66, said ratchetbeing engaged by a vertically-movable pawl 67, suitably mounted in theguides of the bracket 54. (See Fig. 8.) The lower end of the pawl 67 isformed with a lateral projection or foot 68. a spring 69 being securedto the upper surface of said foot and bearing underneath the lower edgeof the lower guide for said pawl. Said foot is adapted to be engaged bythe screw 81, hereinafter referred to, in order to lift the pawl androtate the feed-screw in a direction to advance the follower. Anysuitable means may be employed to prevent reverse movement of thefeed-screw and its ratchet. Whenever it may be desired to set thefollower farther back, the operator will swing the finger-piece 62, soas to disengage the toe thereof from the feed-screw, after which thesaid toe will be reengaged with the feed-screw, so that the followerwill be advanced. Referring particularly to Figs. 8, 9, and 10, each ofthe two links 57 at the front end of the magazine is formed withrecesses or pockets to receive two springpressed buttons 70. The headsof these buttons are rounded and projected sufliciently across the pathof movement of the edges of the cards 46 to retain said cards in thepositions indicated. The springs that are located behind the heads ofthe buttons 70 are of such strength as will permit them to yield whenthe front card of the pack is drawn away by the suction Ioo device orpneumatic picker, hereinafter described. The reason for employing two ofsaid buttons is that in case the suction device should draw not only thefirst card but also the second card past the inner button the secondcard will be retained by the outer button, (on each front link 57.) Onthe return movement of the suction device it will first simply pressback the outer and partially-detached card against the next one, and

then on the downward or detaching movement of the suction device thatcard will be carried to a horizontal position on the bed or table 40,the edges of the card being supported on each side of the passage-waythatis formed in said bed or table for the movement of the suctionfeedor card-picker device. Referring to Fig. 2, 71 indicates a bracketdepending from the under side of the table 40, said bracket having anair-pipe 72 fixed therein and adapted to have connected with its outerend a suitable air-suction conduit. (Not shown.) Inside of the bracket71 and on the pipe 72, which is formed with an opening, as shown in Fig.8, is mounted a swinging suction-arm 73, which I refer to as thepneumatic cardpicker. The inner end of the pipe 72 forms the bearing onwhich said picker is mounted, so as to turn thereon. Secured to one sideof the arm or picker 73, as at 75, is an arm 74, slotted at its outerend. The inner end of said arm 74 is enlarged or formed with branches,in which is formed acurved slot 76. A bolt 7 7 passes through said slotand through an opening in a portion of a picker 73, as shown in Fig. 8,said bolt being provided with means which may be tightened to securethe'parts together at this point. A suitablydriven rotary disk 78 isprovided with a crankpin 79, entering the slot of the arm 74. By thismeans the suction card-picker will be caused to move between thepositions indicated in Figs. 8 and 11, so as to draw away from themagazine and place in a horizontal position the front card of the pack.The object of the formation of the arm 74 with the slot 76 is to enablean adjustment of the card-picker to be effected. bolt 77 the picker 73can be swung on the pipe 72, the pivotal point of the arm 74 moving atthe same time. In other words, since the arm 74 is secured to thecard-picker 73 at two points, 75 and 77, the latter being adjustable,the operative swing of the cardpicker may be altered, so that when inits upper extreme position its mouth will properly contact with thefirst card of the pack, according to the angle or inclination at whichthe links 57 have been adjusted. The studarm 80, projecting from thepicker 7 3, below the swinging point of the latter, is provided with ascrew 81, which contacts with the under side of the foot 68 of thefeed-screw pawl, so as to lift the latter and advance the follower, ashereinbefore described.

By loosening the.

justing the amount of projection of the tip of the screw 81 from the armthe amount of movement imparted to the pawl may be varied. Fig. 11illustrates the coaction between said screw and pawl-foot. In order toadvance each card along the table after it has been detached from thehopper by the cardpicker, 1 provide a pawl 82, pivoted at 83 to aportion of the arm 73, said pawl having a short arm carrying astop-screw adapted to abut against the surface of said arm 73, as shownin Fig. 8. pawl 82 with the arm 73, the screw 84 serving to adjust theposition that the pawl will normally keep. The end of the pawl 82 isprovided with aspring-pressed finger or tooth 86, which is adapted toengage the rear edge of a detached cardand move it along, as shown inFig. 11, to an ultimate position (shown in Fig.31) where the front edgeof said card will be engaged by the devices which I shall now describe.

A portion of the presser-foot bar 87 of the sewing-machine is shown inFig. 31, said bar having a presser-foot 88 formed with slots or recessesin one edge, as shown in Fig. 33. A portion of an ordinary feed-dog 89is indicated in Fig. 31. A frame 90 is pivoted at 91 to suitable earsrising from the presser-foot, said frame having an arm 92, from which apin extends through the presser-foot bar, a spring at 93 being mountedon said pin and located between the presser-foot bar and the arm 92. Anut 94, fitting the end of the pin which extends through thepresser-foot bar, enables the position to which the frame will bepressed downward by the spring 93 to be adjusted. A shaft 95 is'mountedin suitable friction bearings carried by the frame 90, and secured tosaid shaft is a toothed wheel 96 and a pair of notched disks 97. As thecard is advanced by the feed-dog 89, the engagement of the teeth or pinsof the .wheel 96 with the card will cause said wheel to be positivelyrotated and with it the shaft 95 and the disks 97. These disks are forthe purpose of insuring the proper location of the joined hooks andeyes, so that the needles of the sewing-machine will properly enter thethread-openings of said hooks and eyes. Each recess or notch of eachdisk has a wall, such as indicated in Figs. 35 and 37, that will serveas an abutment against which the engaged portions of the hooks and eyeswill rest when the needles descend. As the card is advanced by thefeed-dog, the wheel 96 and the disks 97 are moved the proper distance topermit of the advance of the hooks and eyes that'have been secured tothe card. Preferably the disks 97 are each composed of two thicknessesof metal having the same contour, one section having a hub, which issecured to the shaft 95, and the other section being mounted so as to becapable of a slight rotative adjustment relatively to the first. Theadjustment may be The spring 85 connects the sitions under the needlesof the sewing-machine.

As shown in Fig. 2 and dotted lines in Fig. 1, a web-bracket 98 issecured to the under side of the bed or table 40. Projecting from oneside of its bracket are two socketbearings 99, one for each of the twohook-hoppers. As

said two hoppers and the feed devices from each are the same in allrespects, I shall proceed to describe but one of them. A post 100 issecured in a socket 99 and is formed at its upper end with a horizontalsocket or hearing to receive a cylindrical portion of a bracket 101,which supports the circular base or bottom 102 of the hook-hopper. Asindicated in Figs. 1 and 2, the hook-hopper is preferably set at anangle about that illustrated in said figures, said angular positionbeing also indicated in the detail Fig. 14. In Figs. 13 and 14, however,for convenience the inclined or angular position of the hook-hopper isnot indicated. The fine or wall 103 of the hookhopper supports a glasstop 104, which is removably held in position by catches or clips 105. Atthe center of the hopper is a spindle or shaft 110, supported partly inan up- :per bearing 106, which is formed at the end of an arm 107,extending from the rim 103, a

lower bearing for said shaft 110 being formed by a sleeve 108, which isheld in fixed position in an opening in the hopper-bottom 102.

rality of arms 112.

The upper edge of the sleeve 108 is formed with a earn 109, (see Fig.13,) the purpose of which will be presently described.

Secured to the upper end of the shaft 110 is a driving-pulley 111,whereby said shaft may be driven by means of a belt (indicated in Fig.2) from any driving-pulley. (Not shown.) Secured to the shaft 110between the bearings 106 and 108 is a hub having a plu- To the end ofeach arm 112 is pivotally secured a wing comprising main bars 114 andshort parallel bars 115, projecting therefrom substantially at a rightangle. The several bars are secured together, so as to clamp wipers 116,which will preferably be of some suitable flexible material, such asrubber or leather. The object of providing the short wiper-sectionsprojecting from the main pivoted sections is so that each wing as itrotates in the direction of the arrow indicated in Fig. 13 will gatherthe hooks into the pockets formed between the short sections of thewiper. Then as each wing revolves the hooks will be spilled out of thepockets after they have been carried to the upper or higher portion ofthe inclined bottom of the hopper and will then slide back toward thelower portion of the hopper in a manner that will be presently morefully described. Each arm 112 is provided with a stop-pin 117, againstwhich the inner portion of the wing will be normally held by means of asuitably-connected spring 118. As indicated in Fig. 13. the cam 109 isengaged by the inner end of each pivoted wing after it passes a littlebeyond its highest position, so that the wing will be tilted on itspivotal point against the pressure of the spring 118, so as to suddenlybring the wing to a position where all the pockets will spill the hooks.The bottom 102 of the hopper is formed with a radial opening 119,whichopening is partly covered by a plate 120, as indicated in Figs. 13and 14. As the hooks will be spilled from the pockets of the Wings inthe manner just described, they slide down the inclined bottom of thehopper, and those that are properly turned will catch upon the upperedge of the plate 120, with their hooks engaged by the thread of theworm feed-screw 121, so as to be carried radially out from the hopper inthe manner that will be presently described.

The hook-feed screw 121 is formed with a ball 122 at one end fitting asuitable bearing 123, that is secured to the bottom of the stationarybase 102. (See Fig. 14.) The other end of said feed-screw (see Fig. 17)is supported in a bearing 124, carried by the base or table of themachine. Near said bearing the feed-screw is formed with a worm 125. Thepitch of the thread of this worm is such that it and the feed-screw maybe rotated by a worm-wheel 126, mounted on a shaft 127, (see also Fig.18,) said shaft being supported in a suitable bearing 128.

1 shall now proceed to describe the mechanism for imparting to the worm125 a stepby-step rotation, so that the rotation of the hook-feed screwwill be stopped immediately upon the delivery of one book and then givenanother rotation to advance another hook.

I Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, a gear 129 is mounted next to and soas to be rotated with the driving-pulley 43. Said gear 129 meshes with agear 130, secured to acountershaft 131, to which shaft are also securedtwo gears 132, each one of these latter gears being for the purpose ofimparting movement to one of the two hook-and-eye-feed mechanisms. Asthe two mechanisms are identical, 1 shall describe but one of them. Eachgear 132 meshes with an idler-gear 133, which is supported in bearingscarried by an elevated frame-bar 134, said bar being supported on legs135, rising from the bed or table 40, as

shown most clearly in Fig. 2. The counter in Fig. 17. A gear 137 (seeFigs. 2, 3, and 17) is mounted loosely on a shaft 138, mounted inbearings 139, the latter rising from throat plate 144, presentlydescribed, said gear 137 meshing with gear 133. Secured to the shaft 138(see Fig. 18) is a disk 140, having a tooth 141. (See dotted lines inFig. 17.) Secured to the worm-wheel shaft 127 is a disk 142, having aplurality of recesses adapted to receive the tooth 141 of the disk 140.This structure provides an intermittent gear which will result in theworm-wheel 126 being rotated and so as to actuate the hook-feed screwonly while the tooth 141 is engaged with a recess of the disk 142. Afterthe tooth 141 has left a recess it leaves the disk 142 in stationaryposition on its axis until the tooth 141 has been moved completelyaround, so as to engage the next recess of the disk 142 in a manner thatwill be readily understood. These parts are so proportioned and sooperated relatively to each other as to timing that during each rotationof the tooth 141, andthe consequent one-fourth rotation of the disk 142and the worm-wheel 126, the hook-feed screw 121 will be given a singlerotation on its axis so as to advance one hook to its position in themanner which I shall now describe.

In order that the hooks will be properly,

guided to position where they are joined to the eye, as hereinafterdescribed, I provide a guide-trough 143. (See Figs. 17, 20, 21, and 22.)As the hooks are advanced along the edge of the plate 120, so as toemerge from the hook-hopper, they are carried into the trough 143 by thespiral thread of the feed-screw 121 and are pushed thereby along saidtrough, as will be readily apparent. The guide-trough is twisted orgiven a quarter-turn leading from the hook-hopper to the point ofdischarge indicated in Fig. 17, this point of discharge being over athroat-plate- 144 in position to be engaged by the placing deviceshereinafter described and engaged with the eyes and then moved over thethroat to position to be secured to the card by-the needles. The outerend of the guide-trough 143 is provided with a flange 145, which issecured to the throat-plate 144, the other or inner end of the troughbeing secured to the wall 103 of the hook-hopper.

The point where the hooks and eyes are delivered to be interengaged isbest indicated in Figs. 27 to 30. 1 shall now describe the mechanism forbringing the eyes from their hopper to this same point.

Referring first to Fig. 2, the bracket 98, below the bed or table 40,carries a socketpiece 146, in which is mounted a post 147, in the upperend of which is received and secured a sleeve or tube 148. One end-ofthis tube is formed with a circular flange from which two bars 149extend, said two bars being L'inited at their other ends by a web 150.Said web and two bars constitute a U-shaped frame. two pins 151, on eachof which a pinion 152 is mounted to rotate. A stud 153 passes throughthe web 150, between the two pins 151, and has its inner portiontoothed, as at 154, this toothed portion being engaged by the pinions152. Secured upon the outer end of the stud 153 is a hub 155. Thecircular plate 157, which forms one end of the hookhopper and which maybe of glass, is secured to the hub 155, and at the outer edge of saidplate 157 is a ring 156. The inner end or head 158 of the hopper ismounted to rotate on the sleeve 148 and is formed with a pcripheralgroove 159, whereby the entire hopper may be rotated by means of asuitablydriven belt 160. (See Fig. 2.) A cylindrical shell 161 connectsthe head 158 with the ring 156. Wings 162 project inward from the innerwall of the shell 161 in such manner that the eyes in the hopper will becarried up by said wings as the hopper rotates and spilled off towardthe center of the hopper for a purpose presently described. A cover orshield 163 is secured to the hub 155 and is formed to protect thepinions above described, so that the eyes will not become caught betweensaid pinions. Said shield is, however, provided with openings for thepassage of the eye-guides 164 and the Wire spirals 165. The end of eacheye-guide 164 is secured (see Fig. 26) to the inner end of one of thefixed pins 151, and therefore said eye-guide will not rotate. Each wirespiral 165 has one end secured to a pinion 152, which rotates on a pin151.

Since the sleeve 148, bars 149, web 150, and pins 151 are all held fromrotation while the pinions 152 are free to rotate on the pins 151 andare engaged by the toothed portion of the stud 153, it will be seen thatthe rotation of the cylindrical hopper, including the hub 155 and thestud 153, will cause the pinions 152 and the spirals 165 to rotate, sothat the latter will carry the eyes that are in the guides 164lengthwise of said guides. The direction of rotation of the partsrelatively to each other is such that the eyes, which are spilled fromthe wings 162 and which drop astride of the guides 164, will hang fromthe latter in such position that portions of the eyes will be engaged bythe rotating wire spirals 165 and will be slid along the guide 164toward the right in Fig. 23. In order that loose eyes may not escapethrough the sleeve 148, I provide an exit-shield 166, as shown in Figs.23 and 25. The shape of the eye-guide 164 is best shown in Figs. 4, 5,and 6. By comparing thesefigures with Figs. 1, 3, 17, and 18 it will beseen that the eyes which are engaged with the guide are pushed alongsaid guide and eventually reach a portion of said guide, which isprovided with a swelled or enlarged portion 167, this swelled portionengaging the loops of the eyes, so that the eyes cannot Fixed in the web150 are.

thereafter become disengaged from the guide until they reach its end.The portion of the guide which is provided with the described retainingenlargement is twisted or given a one-half turn, so that although theeyes first ride along the guide suspended therefrom, as in Fig. 5, theyafterward, when they reach the feed-wheels presently described, areinverted, as shown in Fig. 6.

I shall now describe the feed-wheel mechanism which pushes the eyesalong the guide and finally through an opening that is indicated in Fig.17

At the center of the bar 134, as shown in Fig. 3, is a depending bracket168. (See Fig. 17.) Pivoted near the lower end of said bracket are upperand lower levers 169 and 170, each having bearings for a shaft 171, onwhich is mounted two feed-wheels 172. which wheels will preferably be ofsome elastic yielding material, such as felt or rubber. Each shaft isalso provided with a pulley 173, and the two pulleys are driven by asingle belt 174, leading from the shaft 131 and crossed between the twolevers, so as to drive the upper and lower pairs of feed-wheels inopposite directionsthat is, the upper two feed-wheels will bear upon theeyes carried by the two guide-strips 164 and will be driven in adirection to feed the eyes toward the right in Fig. 17and the lowerfeed-rollers are revolved in such a direction as to engage the loops ofthe eyes on the under side of the guide-strip to aid this same feedingmovement. From the outer end of the lower lever 170 a pin 175 risesbetween the two guidestrips, as shown in Fig. 3, and passes through asuitable opening in the end of the upper lever 169, the upper portion ofsaid pin 175 being screw-threaded and provided with nuts 176 and 177.Aspring 178 is located between the nut 176 and the end of the upperlever, and therefore tends to yieldingly hold the two levers and theirfeed-wheels pressed toward each other, the nut 177 serving as anadjustable stop to limit the point of approach of the two levers andtheir feed-wheels.

Secured to the, bracket 168 is the inclined casing 17 9 of the slide,which carries the eyes to the position hereinafter described. The partsnow referred to are best shown in Figs. 3, 17, 18, 19 and 28 to 30. Thecasing 179 is formed with an opening 180, (see Fig. 17,)

to which the eye-guide strip leads and through which the eyes will besuccessively pushed. In said Fig. 17 a bracket 181 is shown as a supportfor the free end of the guide-strip. In the back of the casing179 whenlooking at said casing as shown in Fig. 17 is formed a dovetail groove182, in which is mounted a slide 183, having a pin 184. (See dottedlines in Fig. 17.) This slide is reciprocated by means of an arm 1850f arock-shaft 186, said arm having a slot which receives the pin 184. Thesaid rock-shaft (see Fig. 19) has secured 'ing through theirthread-eyes.

to it an arm 187, formed with a slot 188, along which latter isadjustably set a pin 189. An

eccentric 190 is secured to the shaft 138, and

the eccentric-strap 191 is connected by pitman 192 with the pin 189. Byadjusting the pin 189 lengthwise of the slot 188 the amount of the throwor reciprocations of the slide 183 will be varied.- as will be readilyunderstood. The movements of the arm 185 will be sufficient to carry theslide 183 from the position indicated in Fig. 17 to a point where thelower end of said slide will be opposite or a trifle above the opening180, through which the eyes are fed. The lower end of the slide isformed with a recess or pocket 93, as shown in Figs. 28 to 30 andindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 17. This recess or pocket is of a formthat will receive one eye flatwise therein. It is of a depth so thatwhen one eye has been pushed in no more can enter, and when the slidemoves downward after the pocket has received an eye the face of theslide will prevent the entrance of the next eye until the pocket hasbeen again raised empty to a point opposite the opening 180. In Figs. 28to 30 only the lower end of the slide 183 is shown, owing to thesefigures being drawn on the line 28 28 of Fig. 17 Secured in a recess inthe face of the casing 179 is a flat spring 194, I

the lower edge of which is free, so that although it will normally holdan eye in the pocket of the slide when in the position shown in Fig. 17,yet said spring can be flexed, as indicated in Fig. 29 and ashereinafter described.

It is to be understood that the construction of the hook -hoppers andfeed mechanism therefrom and the eye-hopper and the feed mechanism issuch that the guides leading I therefrom will be kept entirely filledwith the articles. In the hook-hopper if the edge of the plate 120 iscompletely filled with the hooks no more can catch thereupon, and in theeye-hopper the guides 164 cannot become overcrowded, because when theyare filled no more eyes will drop upon the guides between the spirals165 until the eyes have been moved along the guides and used up by theoperation of the machine, so as to provide room for the deposit of moreeyes by the rotation of the hopper in the manner 'hereinbeforedescribed. Reciprocations of the slide 183 carry the eyes successivelyto position relatively to the hooks, as indicated in Figs. 17 and 28.

I shall now describe the mechanism for interengaging the hooks and eyesand moving them together in a horizontal plane so that they will beplaced on the card as indicated in Fig. 18. In said Fig. 18 four pairsof hooksand eyes are represented, the two at the left having been sewedto card 46 and the two at the right having the four needles pass- It.maybe repeated here in connection with Fig. 18 that there are twomechanisms for feeding the hooks and eyes, so that two rows will beattached to the card, but in said Fig. 18 the mechanism that would belocated adjacent to the lower edge of the card is omitted from theillustration, as it would be a duplicate of the mechanism shown adjacentto the upper edge of the card in said figure.

Secured to the shaft 138 is a cam-grooved cylinder 195, as shown inFigs. 1 and 3. The cam-groove in said cylinder receives a pin 196, (seeFig. 27,) rising from a slide 197, mounted to reciprocate in guides 198on the plate 144. One end of said slide is provided with a pin or studshaft on which is mounted a sleeve 199, the sleeve being adapted to rockon said pin or stud shaft. Secured to this rock-sleeve and projectingtherefrom in a direction substantially in line with the slide 197 is anarm 200, provided with a short lateral arm 201, having two small bosses202 (see Fig. 28) on its lower side. The arm 200 and its short arm andbosses serve to place or shift the hooks and eyes from a position wherethey are delivered by their feeding mechanisms to a position where theneedles of the sewing-machine may carry the threads through thethread-eyes of the hooks and eyes, a card being of course in position toreceive the hooks and eyes and the sewingthreads, said card being movedby the feeddog of the sewing-machine in the direction of the arrow inFig. 18. The extent of the reciprocation imparted to the placing orshifting arm 200 by the cam-groove of the cylinder 195 is indicated bythe full and dotted lines in Fig. 27 and also by comparing Figs. 28 and30. As shown in Fig. 27, the rocksleeve 199 is provided with arearwardly-extending arm 203, having a lateral pin 204. A spring 205,secured -under the pivot of the rock-sleeve and bearing on the underedge of the arm 203, normally tends to rock the sleeve, so that theplacing-arm 200 will bear downward. Secured to and rising from the plate144 is a bracket 206, having a rigid horizontal arm 207, the lower edgeof which serves as a guide for the pin 204 when the latter is movingoutward or forward, as hereinafter described. The lower edge of thisguide-arm 207 is cut away so as to form front and rear cam edges 208 and209, respectively, fora purpose that will be presently described. Afinger 210 is pivoted at 211 to the bracket 206 and is formed with avertical slot 212 at its outer end and is normally pressed upward by aspring 203. A pin 214 projects from one side of the guide-arm 207 andthrough the slot 212, said pin and slot serving to limit the amount ofswing of the pivoted finger 210. The lower front edge of the finger 210is provided with aguide-flange 215, (see dotted lines in Fig. 29,) saidguide-flange projecting under the guide-arm 207 in position to beengaged by the pin 204, as presently described.

The placing or shifting arm 200 is so connected with the rock-sleeve 199that the forward portion of said arm 200 may rest closely upon the thinforward portion of the plate 144 when the arm 203 is pressed upward; butwhen the slide 197 is retracted to the position shown in Fig. 28 the pin204 i-ides on the rear cam 209 of the rigid guide-arm 207, and the endof the arm 200 and its bosses will be raised so that the hook 00 may bepushed under it by the hookfeed mechanism hereinbefore described. Uponthe first advance movement of the slide 197 the pin 204 leaves the cam209 and the bosses 202 of the placing-arm will engage the thread-eyes ofthe hook or, owing to the action of the spring 205. Continued advance ofthe slide causes the hook to be moved forward toward the positionindicated in Fig. 29, so that its bill will engage the eye y, which isat this time held in the recess 193 of the eye-feed slide183. Furthermovement in the same direction causes the hook m to pull the eye y outfrom its pocket or recess, the spring 194 yielding for this purpose.Still further movement in the same direction carries the interengagedhook and eye to the position indicated in Fig. 30, (and also in Fig.18,) where they will be sewed to the card. At the extreme forwardmovement of the slide 197 the pin 204 rides under the edge of the fixedcam 208, so that the placing or shifting arm 200 will be lifted, asshown in Fig. 30, ready for the return movement, it being necessary toso lift the arm that its short lateral portion 201 (shown in Fig. 27)may clear the bill of the hook 00; During this forward movement justdescribed the pin 204 will ride on the upper surface of the flange 215of the finger 210 and depress said finger to the position shown in Fig.29, the rear end of said guide-flange 215 being so formed as to cause itto be pressed downward by the first for-- ward movement of the pin 204;but after the pin 204 has reached the position shown in Fig. 30 thefinger 210 is thrown upward by its spring 213, so that the flange 215moves up into and substantially fills the recess in the arm 207 betweenthe two cams 208 and 209. Therefore on the return of the slide 197 andthe placing device the pin 204 willride along the lower surface of theflange 215 and be guided thereby, so that during the entire rearwardmovement of the placing-arm 200'it will be retained in substantially theupwardly tilted or inclined position shown in Fig. 30 until it gets backto the position shown in Fig. 28 and by full lines in Fig. 27.

Of course the timing of the operations of the different parts of themachine is such that while the placing or shifting mechanism is in theadvanced position the sewing-machine needles descend and engage thethread-eyes of the hooks and eyes and also at this time no feed of thecard takes place. The feed of the card and the rise of thesewing-machine needles will occur during and while thehooka-nd-eye-shifting devices are retracted.

It will be readily understood, of course, that only one card will be fedthrough the machine during a number of stitches that not only unite thetwo gr'oups of hooks and eyes to the cards, but also carry the stitchesto the end of one card and partly onto the next, so as to leave quite amargin between the ends of the card and the ends of the two groups ofattached hooks and eyes. Suitable mechanism which may be employed forcarrying power to the sprocket-wheel being connected by a chain 217 witha small sprocket-wheel 218, which is secured so as to rotate with a gear219, this latter gear meshing with a pinion 220 (see dotted lines inFig. 2) on the shaft of the driving-pulley a3. It will be seen that theconnections just described provide for a very slow movement of thecard-feed-actuating disk 78 relative to the other parts of the machine.

As above described, the gear 137 is loose on the shaft 138. To connectit with said shaft so that it will drive the latter, I provide a form ofclutch which may be as follows: On the shaft 138 is splined a disk 221,(see Fig. 3,) the hub 222 of said disk being formed with a peripheralgroove 223. mounted a pin 224:, said pin projecting toward the gear 137and adapted to enter a hole or recess 225 in the latter. (See dottedlines in Fig. 3.) The pin 224 will in practice be preferablyspring-pressed in the-direction to cause it to engage in said recess 225when the disk is shifted against the gear. It will be readily understoodthat, in effect, the disk 221 and its pin constitutes one member of theclutch, of which the other member will consist of the gear 137 and itsrecess 225. When said clutch is disconnected, as indicated in Fig. 3,the7 gear 137 will run loose upon the shaft 138, and therefore no movementwill be transmitted to said shaft. Since the said shaft 138 causes,through the mechanism hereinbefore described, the advance of both thehooks and the eyes to the pointof assembling them,there will be no suchfeed of the hooks and eyes when the clutch members are separated,although the sewing-machine will continue to operate and the cards to befed. The clutch will be automatically shifted, by mechanism presentlydescribed, at certain periods, so that a certain number (such as twelvein each row) of the hooks and eyes will be attached to the card, andthen the feed of the card and the operation of the sewing-machine willcontinue so as to run lock-stitches to the end of the card and then fora short distance onto the next card, when the clutch will be again Inthe disk 221 is eyes in groups, as described. To shift the hub 222 alongits spline on the shaft 138, the arms of ayoke 226 enter the groove 223of said hub. (Sec Fig. 19.) The yoke 226 rises from a frame 227, pivotedat 228 to the plate 1 1 1, and having an arm 229, provided with a pinwhich enters a cam-groove 230, formed in the periphery of a cylinder231, secured to a short counter-shaft 232. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) Saidshaft 232 is mounted in suitable bearings 233 and has secured to itsouter end a gear 234:, meshing with a pinion 235 at the end of the shaft138. Since the shaft 138 is constantly revolving during the operation ofthe machine, it will constantly impart movements to the gear 234 and thecam-grooved cylinder 235. This cylinder and its cam-groove may bereplaced v by another having a different form of groove that will causethe clutch to be shifted at dif ferent times. Preferably it will havesuch form as to act as a counter that will hold the clutch members inengagements for such a length of time as will result in the applicationof twelve pairs of hooks and eyes to a card.

It will be seen that I have provided a machine of the characterdescribed in which the card-magazine is at one end of the table orsupport across which the cards move to the mechanism which fastens thehooks and eyes to the-cards, the hook-hopper and eye-hopper beinglocated at the other end of the same table, and the mechanism whichcompletes the work is located at an intermediate point. Therefore all ofthe operative parts of the entire machine are substantially in ahorizontal plane, where they are all readily accessible for repair oradjustment or renewing the supply for the different parts. It will alsobe observed that all of the parts of.the machine are capable of beingadjusted so asto accommodate different sizes of cards or of hooks andeyes-that is, such portions as would require adjustment for such purposeare so constructed in this machine.

Having described the operation of the several parts of the machine inconnection with the description of the details of structure, it will notbe necessary to present a resume of the entire operation further than tosay that the cards and the hooks and the eyes will be placed in theirrespective hoppers by an attendant, the hook and eye hoppers having ofcourse suitable openings for the purpose, and the machine started, afterwhich, barring accidents, the machine can be left to run until hundredsof cards have been supplied with the hooks and eyes in predeterminedgroups. After the cards leave the sewing-machine mechanism they may dropthrough a suitable opening' (not shown) in the table 40.

Having now described and illustrated my invention in one of the forms inwhich it may be embodied, what I claim is 4 1. A machine for securinghooks and eyes shifted to cause the feed of more hooks and i on cards,comprising a card-magazine at one end of the table, and a hook-hopperand eyehopper at the other end of the table, means for feeding the cardsand the hooks and eyes toward an intermediate point, and means forsecuring the hooks and eyes to the cards at such intermediate point.

2. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising acard-magazine at one end of the table, said magazine being adjustable asto its capacity, a hook-hopper and an eye-hopper at the other end of thetable and vertically adjustable relatively thereto, means for feedingcards and hooks and eyes toward an intermediate point, and means forsecuring the hooks and eyes to the cards at such intermediate point.

3. A machine for securing hooks on cards, comprising means forautomatically supplying and feeding cards singly, a hook-hopper,hookpositioning means, means for positively and continuously feeding thehooks in spaced or separated positions from the hopper to saidpositioning means, and means for fastening the hooks to the cards.

4. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising means forautomatically supplying and feeding cards singly, hook and eyehoppers,hook-and-eye-positioning means, means for positively feeding hooks andeyes from their hopper to their positioning means, means being providedfor keeping the hooks spaced or separated as they are fed, and means forfastening the hooks and eyes to the cards.

5. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising means forautomatically supplying and feeding cards singly, hook and eye hoppers,means for interengaging the hooks and eyes and positioning themrelatively to a card, means for positively feeding hooks and eyes fromtheir hoppers to their positioning means, means being provided forkeeping the hooks spaced or separated as they are fed, and means forfastening the hooks and eyes to the cards.

6. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising acard-magazine, a pneumatic picker pivotally mounted relatively to oneend of the magazine, a plurality of yielding retainer-buttons forpreventing the escape of more than one card at a time from the magazine,and mechanism for feeding hooks and eyes and fastening them to thecards.

7. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising means forfeeding hooks and eyes to the cards, means for interengaging the hooksand eyes means for fastening the hooks and eyes to the cards, and meansfor automatically interrupting the feed of hooks and eyes whereby thenumber of hooks and eyes fastened to each card will be automaticallycontrolled so as to group the hooks and eyes according to apredetermined number.

8. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising means forfeeding the cards, means for running continuous lines of stitches alongthe cards in succession, means for placing hooks and eyes relatively tothe cards so as to be sewed thereto, and means for interrupting thesupply of hooks and eyes.

9. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising means forfeeding cards, means for feeding hooks, means for feeding eyes,mechanism for interengaging the hooks and eyes and securing them to acard, and means whereby the feeding of hooks and eyes will beautomatically interrupted.

10. Amachine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising acard-hopper, an oscillatory pneumatic picker for removing the cards oneby one from'the magazine, and means for securing hooks and eyes inpairs, to the cards.

11. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising cardfeeding means, hook-and-eye-feeding devices, said devices includingmeans to yieldingly hold the eyes successively and a slide having asingle placing or shifting arm provided with a lateral offset and havingmeans whereby said offset may be depressed upon each hook, means foractuating the slide and placing-arm to shift the hooks successively in adirection at an angle to the plane of the eyes whereby the bills of thehooks will engage the eyes and remove them from the feeding mechanism,and means whereby continued movement of the hookshifting devices willcarry the engaged hooks and eyes onto the cards.

12. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards, comprising sewingmechanism, a presser-foot having a toothed wheel, notched disksconnected to rotate with said wheel, the sides of the notches of thedisk forming abutments for hooks and eyes, means for feeding cards underthe presser-foot, and means for supplying hooks and eyes adjacent tosaid abutment.

13. A machine for securing hooks and eyes on cards comprising sewingmechanism, a presser-foot having a toothed wheel, notched disksconnected to rotate with said wheel, the sides of the notches of thedisk forming abutments for books and eyes, means for feeding cards underthe presser-foot, and means for supplying hooks and eyes, adjacent tosaid abutment, each of said disks comprising two sections adj ustablyconnected.

14. A machine for securing hooks on cards, comprising a hook-hopperhaving an inclined bottom formed with a radial opening, a hookguidingplate projecting over said opening, means for sweeping the hooks abouton the bottom of the hopper to cause them to engage the edge of saidplate, card-feeding mechanism, mechanism for securing the hooks to thecards, and means for conveying the hooks from the end of said plate toposition to be secured to the cards.

15. A machine for securing hooks and eyes

